Wealth Inequality in America

Infographics on the distribution of wealth in America, highlighting both the inequality and the difference between our perception of inequality and the actual numbers. The reality is often not what we think it is.

References:
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2...
http://danariely.com/2010/09/30/wealt...
http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2011...
http://money.cnn.com/2012/04/19/news/...

Richard Wilkinson, The Age of Unequals

Simon Fraser University's Centre for Dialogue present's Richard Wilkinson for the 2010 Bruce and Lis Welch Community Dialogue.

Richard Wilkinson's work has shaped research on the social determinants of health for over thirty years. Prior to this lecture, he co-authored the international best-seller The Spirit Level: Why More Equal Societies Almost Always Do Better with Kate Pickett, a ground breaking book that has transformed our views on the interactions between income inequality and health. Dr. Wilkinson co-founded the Equality Trust to further public education about inequality and its consequences, and why reducing income disparity benefits all members of society.

Dr. Wilkinson has played a formative role in public awareness and policy development for thirty years. He began his academic career at the London School of Economics where he studied economic history and then transitioned to the field of epidemiology. He currently is Emeritus Professor of Social Epidemiology at the University of Nottingham, and an honorary professor at both the University College London and the University of York. He has written a dozen books and numerous research papers, and his work has been published in ten languages.

Introduction: Clyde Hertzman, UBC School of Population and Public Health and Director of Human Early Learning Partnership

Moderator: Mark Winston, Academic Director and Fellow, SFU Centre for Dialogue

About the Bruce and Lis Welch Community Dialogue

This annual event is generously supported by the Bruce and Lis Welch Award, and engages the community at large to explore innovative approaches to local issues through dialogue.

Richard Wilkinson on The Age of Unequals

One of Britain's leading social epidemiologists, Richard Wilkinson, looks at what it means to live in a new age of inequality. Wilkinson is the co-author of the groundbreaking, international bestseller The Spirit Level: Why Equality is Better for Everyone.

Como as desigualdades de rendimentos prejudicam a sociedade... PORTUGUESA!

TED com Richard Wilkinson + Dados PORDATA..
"Nós sentimos instintivamente que uma sociedade com enormes diferenças de rendimentos é o caminho errado. Richard Wilkinson coloca em gráficos dados concretos sobre a desigualdade econômica e mostra o que piora quando ricos e pobres estão muito distantes: os efeitos reais sobre a saúde, vida, e mesmo sobre valores tão fundamentais como a confiança."

James Galbraith : Inequality and Macroeconomics Dynamics 3/5

INETeconomics

James Galbraith, Lloyd M. Bentsen Jr. Chair in Government and Business Relations, University of Texas speaking at the panel entitled "The Impact of Inequality on Macroeconomics Dynamics" at the Institute for New Economic Thinking's (INET) Paradigm Lost Conference in Berlin. April 14, 2012.

Joseph Stiglitz - The Price of Inequality

pdxjustice

Nobel Prize winning economis, author and lecturer, Joseph Stiglitz, talks about his latest book, The Price of Inequality: How Today's Divided Society Endangers Our Future. Joseph Stiglitz spoke at the Cedar Hills Crossing Powell's Bookstore in Beaverton, Oregon, on June 14th, 2012. To find out more about the author, please visit his website at josephstiglitz.com. This program was produced by pdxjustice Media Productions of Portland, Oregon. To find out more about the work of pdxjustice at http://www.pdxjustice.org/

TEDxRosario - Andres Schuschny - Diseño fraternal

TEDxTalks

TEDxRosario se realiza en la ciudad de Rosario, Argentina
www.tedxrosario.com.ar
www.humanismoyconectividad.wordpress.com

Desigualdad, power laws, fraternidad, libertad, pobreza, justicia distributiva, diversidad

Andres Schuschny:
Es Licenciado en Ciencias Físicas (UBA) y Doctor en Economía (UBA).
Realizó numerosos cursos de posgrado en el extranjero. Su experiencia transdisciplinaria como investigador, profesor universitario de grado y posgrado de numerosas universidades y consultor internacional le permitió trabajar en tan variados temas como el estudio de los sistemas complejos adaptativos aplicados a la biología y economía, el análisis econométrico y económico cuantitativo, el uso de sistemas de información geográficos aplicados al desarrollo sostenible, entre otras tantas actividades.
Hoy se desempeña como funcionario de las Naciones Unidas realizando investigaciones vinculadas a la prospectiva energética y el cambio climático. Publicó el libro: La Red y el futuro de las organizaciones. Más conectados...¿Más integrados?" que lo vinculó con el mundo 2.0 y del coaching.
Es también asesor de la Transconsultora Muscui, catalizadora de procesos de transformación cultural en organizaciones. Ha publicado numerosos artículos en revistas científicas y de divulgación, capítulos de libros, editado su blog: Humanismo y Conectividad.

The Spirit Level Documentary Trailer

Please support our campaign by visiting indiegogo.com/spiritlevelfilm

Record inequality between rich and poor

oecden

The gap between rich and poor in OECD countries has reached its highest level for over 30 years, and governments must act quickly to tackle inequality, according to a new OECD report, "Divided We Stand: Why Inequality Keeps Rising".

For more information, visit: www.oecd.org/els/social/inequality

James Galbraith : "The Impact of Inequality on Macroeconomics Dynamics"

INETeconomics

James Galbraith, Lloyd M. Bentsen Jr. Chair in Government and Business Relations, University of Texas speaking at the panel entitled "The Impact of Inequality on Macroeconomics Dynamics" at the Institute for New Economic Thinking's (INET) Paradigm Lost Conference in Berlin. April 14, 2012.
http://ineteconomics.org/

99 to 1 and the Inequality Death Spiral

InstPolicyStudies

A video about the book "99 to 1: How Wealth Inequality is Wrecking the World and What We Can Do About It," by Chuck Collins : http://inequality.org/99to1/

The focus of the worldwide Occupy protests is creating a world that works for 99% of people and businesses, not just the richest and most powerful 1%. But who are the 99%? Who are the 1%? How extensive and systemic is inequality in different areas of society? What are its causes and consequence? How is inequality changing in our world? And what can be done about it?

For many years Chuck Collins has been a top leader in studying, speaking about, and writing about these questions. In this book he brings together in one place, for the first time, information that has been widely scattered in many different articles, reports, and websites. He provides revealing and powerful information about inequality in all realms of today's world, including individual wealth and power, corporate wealth and power, media control, political influence, and other areas. He then describes the functioning of the Wall Street Inequality Machine and describes how inequality wrecks everything we care about. And he tells how people and groups are pushing back against inequality and taking action to reduce inequality and create a world that works for the many and not just the few.

The 99 percent. The 1 percent. The 100 percent.

For more info, please visit : http://inequality.org/99to1/

99 to 1 : How Wealth Inequality is Wrecking the World and What We Can Do About It

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A BK Currents book by Chuck Collins (http://inequality.org/99to1/)

For over thirty years, we've lived through a radical redistribution of wealth -- upward, to a tiny fraction of the population. It's as though we're undertaking a bizarre social experiment to see how much inequality a democratic society can tolerate.

As a result "We are the 99%," the rallying cry of the Occupy movement, has spread far beyond its ranks. But who are the 99 percent? Who are the 1 percent? How extensive and systematic is inequality throughout society? What are its true causes and consequences? How is inequality changing our world? And what can be done about it?

Finland's Revolutionary Education System

TheYoungTurks

"Finland's educational system. Fascinating thing about three decades ago Finland has an educational system that is doing terribly and they look around and they go okay what are we going to do about this, we gotta revamp the whole thing." Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian discuss the revolutionary educational system Finland has instituted and the results of that system on the education of their children.

Read more about it here: http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2011/12/what-americans-keep-ignor...

Richard Wilkinson: How economic inequality harms societies

http://www.ted.com

We feel instinctively that societies with huge income gaps are somehow going wrong. Richard Wilkinson charts the hard data on economic inequality, and shows what gets worse when rich and poor are too far apart: real effects on health, lifespan, even such basic values as trust.

TEDxCanberra - Thomas Pogge - Reimagining pharmaceutical innovation

TEDxTalks

By reforming harmful supranational regulations, Thomas Pogge is developing a complement to the patent system to stimulate pharmaceutical innovations that would be accessible, without delay, to poor and affluent patients alike around the world.

In this talk at TEDxCanberra 2011, ANU and Yale academic and ethicist, Professor Thomas Pogge outlines an idea that could revolutionise health outcomes and distribution of pharmaceuticals in both the developed and developing world.

Justice and Equality - Thomas Pogge

Watch Professor Thomas Pogge (Yale University) discuss Justice and Equality.

This speech was recorded in Stockholm at the "Justice and Equality for the Good Society Conference" organised by the FES Stockholm, Arbetarrörelsens Tankesmedja and Social Europe Journal on 14/15 April 2011.

Record inequality between rich and poor

oecden

The gap between rich and poor in OECD countries has reached its highest level for over 30 years, and governments must act quickly to tackle inequality, according to a new OECD report, "Divided We Stand".

For more information, visit: www.oecd.org/els/social/inequality

Record inequality between rich and poor

The gap between rich and poor in OECD countries has reached its highest level for over 30 years, and governments must act quickly to tackle inequality, according to a new OECD report, "Divided We Stand".

For more information, visit: www.oecd.org/els/social/inequality

Richard Wilkinson: How economic inequality harms societies

http://www.ted.com

We feel instinctively that societies with huge income gaps are somehow going wrong. Richard Wilkinson charts the hard data on economic inequality, and shows what gets worse when rich and poor are too far apart: real effects on health, lifespan, even such basic values as trust.

The Big Idea - Why Equality is Better for Everyone

Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett present some hard evidence to show how many measuress of wellbeing (including life expectancy, mental illness, violence, illiteracy) are not related to how wealthy a society is, but to how equal it is.

Their work is based on years of research presented in their groundbreaking book The Spirit Level: Why Equality is Better for Everyone

To read more about the authors and the topics discussed in this talk visit: The Equality Trust

This talk was filmed at Dartington during the Dartington Interrogate Festival 2011